Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-07
COL. JOHN r. FELLOWS.


Gath in late letter summarized the
New York District Attorney fight pretty
accurately "While it seemed forgone
conclusion, said be, ''that the junior
member OF the District Attorneys office
would be nominated, one Of the newspa-
pers here was too diC;atorial in demanding
the nomination Of this young man. There
arose a jealousy, becotten OF the success OF
the New York World, among all the other
papers. OF this jealousy Colonel FELLOWS
became the beneficiary, and thus man
who has been used by his party and all
factions OF it for nearly twenty years IN
New York, finally got his dues, aud through
q wrangle amongst the chief cooks and bot
tie washers. There was fight in the
kitchen and down in the counting room,
and, behold, the man of genius received
his opportunity to dart upstairs and wave
the dag from the parapct of the establish
ment and say, 4 am JOHN +. FELLOWS;
thank you, gentlemen"
Cath" is not much Of a partisan,
though leaning toward Republicanism, and
writes in n cOld-blOoded critical style, and
this fact, coupled with his personal knowl-
edge of almost every public man gained
in his checkered journalistic career, makes
his opinion OF some weight. He does not
make Col FELLOWS out saint by any
means although he does show him to be
man Of genius who has done his party
great service and acquitted himself honor
ably before the country in many import
ant offices of trust. He shows Col Eel
LOWS 10 be man of unasSailable public
integrity, What if he did gamble little,
or got into debt? The early lives of thou
sands Of men, who have since become
famous and beloved, .were by no means
spotless. There seems to be no doubt,
saws Gath" "of the fact that General
WASHINGTON gambled and bet money ut
cards aud lost money, though he WAS the
steward of his wiie's fortune and OF that OF
her pOsterity. These examples the Puri'
tan spirit is silent about, but is ever wait
ing for some living man to drag MIN down
if there is judgment against him in
court or an unpaid BILL
And again:
Genius like that of Fellows has ten
dency to rau,ble along the bottom, but
when some political organization with
| firm, true man in IL avails itself oil that
genius aui gives it's powers their proper
| bestOwal, you ser transformation. There
| are persons who will never forgive Fellows
| for having been the other Fellows he has
ceased 10 be- There are sOiJe who wonder
/ if a man who DOES not pas his bills, aud
| IS popular in the gambling houses, OHghj
| to be District Attorney. | tsTT that II all
| men were LETT out who HAD trespasscd in
| these respects in our large cities We should
| have Eery stupid rucu III the "ttigys Orig
| NAL character il hardly for the pu5Lic EN-
| ploymeHt. The pablo employment has
| always been sd devious, requiring such
| adaptabilty in tha aspirs.nt, that very
correct mau goes To SOME other occupation.
| Yet these public occupations aust be car
ried along, aud they constitute the very
| framework Of our society.
1.-THE American people ARE altogether
| too much glyeu 20 turning upa mans phi
waite character after be has served them
! well. Iou du rot select = war holse
| Tor his private tipItS; you will find HIM Ia
| have no fidelity when he is turned loose
| among the herd. But v hen you get on his
| back aud show h;m the enemy IL Is pact